THE SALLIE HOUSE

One Of The Most Infamously Haunted Houses In America

By: Yan Farley

In the growing community of Atchison, Kansas, the Sallie House was built. Michael Finney had the house commissioned for him and his family and it was built between 1867 and 1871. It was believed that Michael, Michael’s wife. Katie, and their three children: James, Agnes, and Charles lived in the basement of the house while it was being constructed. Michael would shortly die in his newly built home in 1872. However, he was not the only member of the Finney family to pass away in the home. The daughter, Agnes, moved back into the home in 1906 and got married to an engineer named William True in 1913. True died in the home in 1918, with Agnes following in November, 1939.

For over 50 years, families would move in and out of the home without incident until December 31, 1992. A newlywed couple, Tony and Debra Pickman, who were expecting their first child in June 1993,

“THUS LED TO HER ALSO BEING KNOWN AS “THE MAN HATING GHOST”.

moved in. It was reported from January to June 1993, the couple would experience lights flickering and dimming, cold spots around the home, and unexplainable dropped calls from their landline. However, these experiences would slowly escalate to moving objects and physical attacks after their child was born.

The Pickman’s live in the house for two years. During this time, they would be featured on the television show Sightings. Barbara Connor, who reportedly had psychic abilities, visited the house. Connor was able to communicate with a little girl who called herself Sallie. The little girl stated she had pains from her stomach and hands, and a bad toothache. This encounter would go on to become the legend of the Sallie House.

The Sallie House rumor would start when Charles Finney lived in the house, practicing medicine. The front was used as office space and examination rooms, while the residents of the home lived upstairs. It all started when a child named Sallie was brought to Dr. Finney’s house by her mother with severe abdominal pain. He diagnosed it as appendicitis and believed her appendix would soon rupture. Before the anesthesia took full effect, Dr. Finney had cut into Sallie, killing her as a result. The legend ends with Sallie dying on the operating table, with her last memories being of a man whom she believed was torturing her. Thus led to her also being known as “The Man Hating Ghost”. As a result, it has been reported that male residents and visitors of the Sallie House have claimed to have been scratched until they bled.♦ fIrsT seT of scrTaches oN ToNy’s back

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